Archive for December, 2011

First and foremost, big ups to those who commented (and complimented me) on my recent "FREE T-Shirt Giveaway!" post! I know y'all were just doing it for the FREE T-shirt (LOL! Nah!), but it was greatly appreciated nonetheless. It was nice to see some new "faces" come on by as well. Welcome!

Anyway, here is our list of winners! Congrats! When the shirts are hot off the presses, I'll be reaching out to each of you individually to coordinate delivery or pick-up. Looking forward to meeting y'all! For those who didn't comment in time, I'll post more info later this month when it's ready to be ordered. You guys will definitely get the "supah special WWE rate". Hahaha!

Points for Photo #1...
* Best Caption!: 3 point each
* Location: 2 points
* General area?: 1 point
* Closest street(s)?: 1 point each
* Google Street View link?: 2 points
* Name of my buffoon friend who doesn't know how to aim?... Or does he? : 2 points
* Month photo was taken?: 1 point
* Day of the month photo was taken?: 1 point
* Day of the week photo was taken?: 1 point
* Year photo was taken?: 1 point
* Exact time photo was taken?: 5 points

Points for Photo #2...
* Location: 2 points
* General area?: 1 point
* Closest street(s)?: 1 point each
* Google Street View link?: 2 points
* Name of dish: 2 points
* Month photo was taken?: 1 point
* Day of the month photo was taken?: 1 point
* Day of the week photo was taken?: 1 point
* Year photo was taken?: 1 point
* Exact time photo was taken?: 5 points

Points for Photo #3...
* Location: 2 points
* General area?: 1 point
* Closest street(s)?: 1 point each
* Google Street View link?: 2 points
* Name of dish: 2 points
* Month photo was taken?: 1 point
* Day of the month photo was taken?: 1 point
* Day of the week photo was taken?: 1 point
* Year photo was taken?: 1 point
* Exact time photo was taken?: 5 points

A-ight so in last week's "Where In Hawaii" Game, I announced that I was starting a new line of surf/skate/snowbaording/Hawaii/lifestyle wear. The first 15 to guess the photos correctly were to have won a FREE T-shirt when it came out. Well, I guess the photos were shmall kine hahd 'cause we only get 9 winners so far. LOL!

To make it easy, Santa Sugimoto says that the next 6 people to post a comment on this blog will win a FREE T-Shirt too! Bonus points for posting why you just adore this blog. Haha, OK, reaching, but it doesn't hurt to ask right?

With winter in full swing and Hawaii's "chilly" weather freezing everyone to the core , there's no better comfort food than a nice, hot, steamy bowl of ramen. And while eating at some of my go-to ramen picks (i.e. Yotteko-Ya, Tenkaippin, etc.) would be ideal, sometimes, patronizing your friendly, neighborhood ramen spots is the way to go to help warm the soul.

This next batch of spots in our Hawaii Ramen Quest consists of some of the more non-traditional, localized interpretations of ramen. Stemming from what appears to be of local Chinese influence (with the use of cabbage, bean sprouts, corn, mapo tofu, etc.), these ramen joints often have multiple locations in very convenient areas around town, and I would venture to guess that they are conceivably some of the most popular amongst the locals. Although I don't associate any of these with the "straight from tha muthaland" flavor and style of ramen I'm accustomed to, there's no doubt that I still frequent many of these for my noodle fix on the regular. [Continued...]